Improvement in toy guns



l. ALEXANDER H. W. GRDN.

Toy-Guns. No. 146,563. Patentedlan.20.1s74.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ALEXANDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND HIRAM W. GORDON, OF LYNN,MASSACHUSETTS. l

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY GUNS.

Specification forming pari of Letters Patent No. 146,563., dated January20, 1874; application filed October 18, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOI-1N ALEXANDER, of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, and HIRAM W. GORDON, of Lynn, Essex county,Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Marble-Shooter, of whichthe following is a specilication:

Our invention consists of a toy gun, in which a rod or pusher is thrownforward in the barrel by a spring, for expelling marbles and the like,whereof the barrel has a funnelshaped muzzle, in which marbles, pease,or oth er round bodies of diiferent sizes can be held, by friction, infront of the pusher to be expelled, the said marbles andother objectsbeing gently pressed in to secure them.

Figure lis a plan view of the gun, with part broken away. Fig. 2 is asectional elevation of a fragment ofthe same.

The invention consists in the arrangement of a locking and trippingspring in connection with the sliding piston, as hereinafter described.

The toy gun or cannon A has a bell or funnel shaped muzzle, G, to adaptit for shooting` marbles or similar objects, the saine being inserted inthe mouth and held by friction until the piston is released to forciblyeject them. The cylindrical pist-on D has its front end B reduced toform a shoulder, which shall arrest its forward movement afterdelivering a blow on the marble or other projectile. The piston isrecessed on one side, and a spring, F, is arranged therein, its rear endbeing curved upward at a right angle, or thereabout, to adapt it toenter a hole, c, in the barrel of the gun, so that when the piston isdrawn back by the pin or pins F', it will be arrested and held by Theform and arrangement of the spring` E allow it to be struck with a rodor other suit. y

ble implement, or pressure to be applied by the finger, as desired, sothat the gun is adapted to be iired when mounted ina carriage, after themanner of artillery, or when held in the hand, as in the case ofsmall-arms.

The gun has a removable breech-block, H, which is held in place byfriction. Thus, sprin gs of different force may be inserted, accordingto the kind or size of the missiles to be iired, or a new spring may beinserted when the old one has become weakened or injured.

What we claim is- In combination with the barrel A, pro` JOHN ALEXANDER.HIRAM V. GORDON.

Witnesses for ALEXANDER:

JOHN WIDDER, DAVID LAUGHLAND. /Vitnesses for GORDON:

(l. A. LAKE, I. MALLOY.

